William Redver Stark: Life on the lines with the 1st Battalion of Canadian Railway Troops

from Library and Archives Canada

William Redver Stark was born on Feb. 4, 1885, in Toronto. He studied art at the Ontario College of Art, and also fine arts in the United States. He enlisted for the Great War in Toronto, on June 16, 1916, and was assigned to the Canadian First Construction Battalion, which was later renamed the 1st Battalion of Canadian Railway Troops. After training at Valcartier, QC, he left Halifax on Sept. 13 and landed in France on Oct. 26, 1916. more